Certain species have exceptionally long juvenile periods relative to their lifespan
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Certain species, such as primates including humans and capuchin monkeys, exhibit unusually long juvenile periods and slow developmental pacing that correlate with extended overall lifespans.
Evidence for · 4
The genomics of ecological flexibility, large brains, and long lives in capuchin monkeys revealed with fecalFACS.
2021 · cited by 42
Capuchins exhibit exceptionally long lifespans exceeding 50 years despite small body size, associated with slow life-history traits.
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Relationships among Development, Growth, Body Size, Reproduction, Aging, and Longevity - Trade-Offs and Pace-Of-Life.
2023 · cited by 18
Across species, slow development and late sexual maturation are broadly linked to long lifespans as part of a slow pace-of-life.
Ontogeny of Foraging Competence in Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus capucinus) for Easy versus Difficult to Acquire Fruits: A Test of the Needing to Learn Hypothesis.
2015 · cited by 15
Capuchin monkeys are well-documented examples of species with notably long juvenile periods driven by the time required to learn difficult foraging skills.
Revisiting "Grandmothers and the Evolution of Human Longevity" 2003 AJHB https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.10156.
2025 · cited by 2
Humans and related primates feature distinctively slow development and long juvenile periods coupled with extended overall lifespans.